Nonequilibrium Conditions Explain Spatial Variability in Genetic Structuring of Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor). [PDF]
J Hered, 2015 Factors responsible for spatial structuring of population genetic variation are varied, and in many instances there may be no obvious explanations for genetic structuring observed, or those invoked may reflect spurious correlations. A study of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) in southeast Australia documented low spatial structuring of genetic ...
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Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress. [PDF]
Conserv Physiol, 2016 The hormonal stress response was determined for little penguins naïve to human activity and little penguins exposed to research and tourism. Penguins exposed to human activity showed elevated stress hormone levels 30 minutes after capture, indicating ...
Carroll G, Turner E, Dann P, Harcourt R.
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Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2011 The colours of living organisms are produced by the differential absorption of light by pigments (e.g. carotenoids, melanins) and/or by the physical interactions of light with biological nanostructures, referred to as structural colours. Only two fundamental morphologies of non-iridescent nanostructures are known in feathers, and recent work has ...
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Divorce Rates Better Predict Population‐Level Reproductive Success in Little Penguins Than Foraging Behaviour or Environmental Factors [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the relative contributions of environmental, behavioural and social factors to reproductive success is crucial for predicting population dynamics of seabirds.
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Making the most of the old age: Autumn breeding as an extra reproductive investment in older seabirds [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting differing reproductive strategies among populations are central to understanding population and evolutionary ecology.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Marine top and meso predators like seabirds are limited by the need to breed on land but forage on limited or patchily distributed resources at sea. Constraints imposed by such central-place foraging behaviour change during breeding or even disappear ...
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Designation of a neotype for Eudyptula minor (Aves: Spheniscidae).
Zootaxa, 2023 C. Miskelly, L. Shepherd, A. Tennyson
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Survey of haemoprotozoa and Toxoplasma gondii in little penguins in Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeParasitism poses potential health risks to penguin populations, yet the prevalence of protozoan parasites in wild free-living populations remains poorly understood.
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Mechanisms of species–people relationships in place attachment
People and NatureSpecies are recognised as integral components of the natural environment. Yet, research on species such as the role of plants and animals as important placemakers within people–place relationships remains limited.
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Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney’s North Head [PDF]
AnimalsCats (Felis catus) are widespread across Australia, including within natural and protected areas, and in many areas, cats, including owned domestic cats, are not restricted in where or when they can roam.
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